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Line Mass Block-in |
Monochrome Block-in |
Mass (Impressionistic) Block-in |
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line/Mass Block-in method is the most common of the block-in methods and
usually contains the most accuracy in all compositional areas (Value,
Color and Drawing). While this may not be apparent to the viewer,
the model immediately picked this as the most accurate rendering of her.
A weak point may be that this method contains the least amount of paint
and hence the least amount of visible brush strokes which often enough
enhance the view of original fine art.
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The Monochrome Block-in method is the least common of the block-in methods as a great deal of skill and time is required to accurately depict the model and the values with one color and the limited use of a paint brush and reliance instead on other tools. Additionally, the canvas priming in a lead based oil primer which is absolutely necessary takes more time as does the overall block-in due to the extra step at the end of adding accurate color and value over the monochrome painting ( Basically a painting over a painting). Some artists use this method to produce a more abstract painting with just a small amount of additional color or none at all if the one color painting is appealing in that state. | The Mass
(Impressionistic) block-in method to me is the most fun of the three
methods. It is automatically looser in that no line drawing takes
place but is perhaps the least likely to produce an accurate image of the
model. If you are looking for a lose thick painting with lots of
brush work visible and a vague impression of the subject matter this
should be your choice. NOTE: Its to bad that these images need to be viewed on line because it is much easier to see the differences when viewing in person but that is a shortcoming of the Internet. |
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